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Stalls while idling

Tiny
JEREMIAH PECK
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  • 2004 NISSAN FRONTIER
  • 4 CYL
  • 2WD
  • MANUAL
  • 148,000 MILES
Stalls at stoplights when idling, gas smell and visible gas exiting tail pipe during idle. Only stalls out when in neutral. New spark plugs eleven months ago, k&n air filter, new battery three months ago, new starter five months ago, new o2 sensor twelve months ago.
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Monday, January 22nd, 2018 AT 11:00 PM

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Tiny
KEN L
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Hello,

It sounds like you have a stuck injector. Please remove the spark plugs and leave them in order to find the one that is different in color this will be the cylinder that has the bad injector.

Here are two guides to help us get started:

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/how-to-change-spark-plugs

and

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/how-to-change-a-fuel-filter

Please let us know what happens.

Cheers, Ken
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Wednesday, January 24th, 2018 AT 1:00 PM

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